Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge
Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in New York, at a modelled elevation of 102 m. Hilltop stands 862 m to the northeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Galeville Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- United States Fish and Wildlife Service
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Shawangunk Mountains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Beacon Hill · 7 mi
- Hawkwatch · 7 mi
- Overlook · 7 mi
- Compass Rock · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Galeville Park: 0.5 mi
- Garrison Park: 2.7 mi
- Popp Park: 2.9 mi
- Majestic Park: 3.9 mi
- Crawford Town Park: 4.4 mi
- Gatehouse Site: 4.0 mi
- House & Generator Shack Ruins: 4.4 mi
- Fly Brook Bridge Abutment: 6.9 mi
- Bridge Abutments: 7.4 mi
- Former Home Sites: 7.6 mi
- Millbrook Cliff Conservancy: 4.7 mi
- Open Space Conservancy: 4.9 mi
- Open Space Institute lands: 6.7 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 7.3 mi
- Ulster Forest Preserve Detached Parcel: 9.3 mi
- Millbrook Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Murray Hill: 6.1 mi
- Hades Hill: 6.6 mi
- Whale's Head: 7.3 mi
- Dickie Barre: 7.5 mi
- Large Hybrid, 1971: 9.6 mi
- Gnome Chomsky: 10.8 mi
- Sojourner Truth Statue: 14.1 mi
- Dutchess County Map: 14.8 mi
- Evelyn Rimai Fisher Sculpture: 15.4 mi
- Pine Bush UFO Museum: 5.1 mi
- Fire Department Museum: 7.4 mi
- Ulster County Fair Agricultural Museum: 7.4 mi
- Brick House Museum: 8.0 mi
- Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art: 9.6 mi
- Gertrudes Nose: 4.4 mi
- Millbrook: 5.0 mi
- Hamilton Point: 5.3 mi
- Castle Point: 5.6 mi
- Margaret Cliff: 5.7 mi
- Swimming Hole: 7.5 mi
- Ulster County Fair: 7.5 mi
- Overturned 1938 Truck: 9.8 mi
- Huguenot Street Historic District: 10.1 mi
- Historic Huguenot District: 10.1 mi
- Rainbow Falls: 6.3 mi
- Awosting Falls: 6.8 mi
- Verkeerderkill Falls: 6.9 mi
- Peter's Kill Falls: 7.0 mi
- Sheldon Falls: 7.1 mi
- Butterfly Garden: 6.8 mi
- SUNY New Paltz Student Garden: 9.0 mi
- Buddah Garden: 9.6 mi
- Vegetable Garden: 14.6 mi
- Cut Garden: 14.6 mi
- Lake Awosting Beach: 6.1 mi
- Lake Minnewaska Beach: 6.4 mi
- Scuba Diving Access Area: 6.4 mi
- Berean Park Beach: 13.2 mi
- Tongore Park Beach: 16.7 mi
- Box Spring: 18.6 mi
- Rail-Trail Spring: 19.7 mi
- Bear Wallow: 20.2 mi
- Bear Wallow: 20.3 mi
- Keyhole Spring: 20.4 mi
- Wallkill Rest Area: 11.9 mi
- Middletown Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Princess circle picnic site: 16.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Shawangunk Grasslands National Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop | NE 53° | 862 m | 15.3 mi |
| High Point | WNW 303° | 684 m | 8.3 mi |
| Losees Hill | WNW 284° | 647 m | 8.7 mi |
| Murray Hill | NW 312° | 615 m | 6.1 mi |
| Flat Hill | NNW 335° | 598 m | 18.2 mi |
| Bear Hill | WNW 282° | 593 m | 9.9 mi |
| Mount Don Bosco | WNW 293° | 572 m | 8.8 mi |
| Mount Meenahga | WNW 294° | 532 m | 9.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:01 | 18:32 | 19:09 |
| June solstice | 05:23 | 19:53 | 20:35 |
| September equinox | 06:45 | 18:19 | 18:56 |
| December solstice | 07:21 | 15:46 | 16:30 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 28 | 37 | 49 | 59 | 68 | 73 | 71 | 64 | 52 | 41 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Walden 1 ESE, 7 mi away.
- Short-eared Owl112 obs
- Northern Harrier101 obs
- Bobolink81 obs
- White-tailed Deer40 obs
- Grasshopper Sparrow38 obs
- wild teasel35 obs
- Song Sparrow34 obs
- bird's-foot trefoil33 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/349308143
Day trips start here
- Cold Spring · 20 mi
- Highlands · 23 mi
- Putnam County · 28 mi
- Stony Point · 30 mi
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